CVE-2014-1876
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-1938)
- Published
- February 10, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1938 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oracle / openjdk
- oracle / openjdk
- oracle / openjdk
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737562
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/102808
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/242
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/285
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59058
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2912
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65568
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2187-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2191-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060907
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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